EFCC has arrested the controller of one of Nigerian’s Largest Prisons, Emmanuel Oluwaniyi and the medical doctor of the same prison, Hemeson Edwin.
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They were arrested by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, for “allegedly giving exaggerated medical reports that warranted a
convicted internet fraudster, Hope Aroke, who is serving a 24-year jail term, being given a referral to be treated outside the
facility.”
According to the commission, Aroke, also known as “H.Money”, had masterminded a mega scam to the tune of over $1 million
from prison, using a network of accomplices. He said preliminary investigation revealed that the convict had access to the
internet and mobile phone in detention.
The EFCC also said Mr Aroke despite currently serving his jail term in the prison has been attending parties as well as hosting
guests at a hotel outside the prison facilities.
In a statement, Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the anti-graft agency, said the duo were arrested on Monday. “The suspects
have given useful information to the Commission about their alleged involvement in the crime,” Uwujaren said.
“Aroke was one of the two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested by the EFCC towards the end of 2012
at the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, following a tip-off.”
The spokesman of the anti-graft agency also said Aroke had claimed to be a student of computer science at the Kuala Lumpur
Metropolitan University, Malaysia. The agency later discovered the Aroke as the “arrow head of an intricate web of an internet
fraud scheme that traverses two continents”.
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“When Aroke was arrested, a search conducted by EFCC operatives on his apartment led to
the recovery of several items such as laptops, iPad, traveling documents, cheque books,
flash drives, internet modem, and three exotic cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep, One 4Matic
Mercedes Benz Car and a Range Rover Sport SUV,” Uwujaren said.
“He was eventually convicted by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court,
Ikeja on two counts of obtaining money by false pretence, cheque cloning, wire transfer and
forgery.
“He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on each of the two.”
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